Biografie von Arthur Grover RIDER (1885-1975)

Birth place: Chicago, IL

Death place: Pasadena, CA

Addresses: Los Angeles, CA, since 1924

Profession: Painter, designer, graphic artist, etcher, teacher

Studied: Acad. FA, Chicago; Académie de la Grande Chaumière, Académie Colarossi; Werntz Acad. FA, Valencia, Spain.

Exhibited: AIC, 1917 (prize), 1923 (prize), 1925-29; Calif. State Fair, Sacramento, 1936 (prize); Chicago Gal. Assn., 1929 (solo); Laguna Beach AA; GGE, 1939; Calif. Art Club, 1940 (first prize); P&S Los Angeles, 1950. 1954 (first prize), 1959; Circullo des Bellas Artes, Spain

Member: Palette & Chisel Club, Chicago; Chicago Gal. Assn.; Calif. AC; P&S Los Angeles; Acad. Western Painters; Hispanic Soc.; Laguna Beach AA

Work: City of Chicago

Comments: As a student he painted for the Lyric Opera in Chicago, and then in London, England for the Opera House at Covent Garden. He painted in Spain for nine summers, and became friends with Joaquin Sorolla, who greatly influenced his work. Position: scenic artist, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Twentieth Century-Fox Studios, Los Angeles, for over 30 years.

Sources: WW40; Hughes, Artists of California, 468.